anngdaniels 's review for:

Dinner at the Center of the Earth by Nathan Englander
5.0

I've classified this as a mystery although you shouldn't think of it as a whodunit: more of a who-are-they, or what-did-they-do (or even what-are-they-going-to-do). The book moves back and forth in time in clearly marked chapters, but there's a lot that only becomes clear gradually, and by the time I got to the end of the book it came as a bit of a shock to be reminded who the central character was - or was it? Deft layers upon layers upon layers, hidden - just like the characters, in so many ways.